35'J BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



1191. Hepatus atramentatus Jordan & Eveimann. Hawaii; Samoa; Laysau; Marcus I.; Tahiti. 



AciintliiiDif limnlnliif Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, 112, tuf. 73, fig. a, Tahiti: not of Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



si.in.liMliii.r '^\i- Ak. Wiss. Wienl900, 493, Honolulu. 

 Tciill,^ ■ !.\ misprint atrimentatue) Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., .\xii. 1902 (1903), 198, 



H.i ■ ..:i - , • Hull. V. S. Fish Comm., xxii, 1902 (1903), .533, Laysan. Bryan & Herre, Bishop Museum 



Of this spfiies, raflier common at Hawaii, we found liut one specimen in Samoa. The body is 

 striped with blue, as in Hepatus dussumkri, but there is an ink-lilie spot at the base of the last dorsal 

 and anal rays. 



1192. Hepatus elongatus Cuvier & Valenciennes. Unavau. Hawaii; Samoa; New Hebrides; 



Palau; Tahiti; Marcus I.; Guam; Fat6, and Tubuai (Seale). 



Can-lodan dunyatus Lacepide, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 471, pi. 6, fig. 2, 1803. Pacific Ocean. 



Acanthurm Higroris Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., x, 208, 1835, Hawaii. 



Acanthunis bipunctatua Giinther, Cat., ill, 331, Sea of China, Fiji Is. Steindachner, .Sitz. Ak. Wiss. Wien 1900, 



491. Honolulu. 

 Acaiilliurus iiigros Guhther, Cat., in, 332, New Hebrides. Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, 110, New Hebrides, Pnlau, 



Tahiti. 

 Teiithis liipiiiidatus Jordan & Fowler, Proc. r. s. Xtit. Mus. l',iol,.5.54, Riukiu Is., Koto.sho, Formosa. Bryan i Herre, 



Bishop Mu.seum 1903, 134, Marcus I. 

 Teuthis mata Seale, Bishop Museum, 1901, 107. Guam; not ot Cuvier & Valenciennes. 

 This species is common about Samoa, and also about Hawaii. It is often distinguishable by the 

 black blotch at base of soft dorsal and anal, but in dark colored examples, as most of ours are, this spot is 

 inseparable from the black ground-color of the fins. The body is very dark brown, without stripes. 

 Hepatus mata Cuvier & Valenciennes of India, has the same color but the profile is straight and not 

 so steep. 



Of the various names given to fishes of this sort we have chosen as earliest the name elongatus of 

 Lacepede. While his description amounts to little, and that of Cuvier & Valenciennes is scarcely 

 better, his figure represents this species, which differs from all others in being jjlain blackish brown 

 on body and fins, the black spot on last rays of dorsal and anal distinct only in paler specimens. 



In this species the body is uniform brown; the caudal has usually a narrow pale edge and the 

 snout is usually dusky. 



1193. Hepatus fuliginosus (Lesson). Oualan, or Strong I. 

 Acanthurus Juliginoms Lesson, Voy. Coquille, ii, 149, pi. 27, fig. 2, 1.^30, Oualan. 



This species is said to have the lips blue, the body brownish with faint bluish streaks, and but 20 

 soft rays in the anal. We have not seen it. It may be identical with Hepatus elongatus. 



1194. Hepatus bariene (Lesson). Waigiu. 

 Ai-aiitlninif h.iririn Lesson, Voy. Coquille, ii, 149, 1830, Waigiu. 



Arinilliiirnx luiijiiiiih r Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss.. x, 231, 183.5, Waigiu; same type. 



1195. Hepatus celebicus (Bleeker). Tahiti; Solomon Is.; East Indies. 



Acunlliurus <:ehbkus Bleeker, 1852, 761, Celebes, Ternate. Gunther, Fische dir Siidsee, 11.5, tnf. 73, fig. B, Solomon 

 Is., Tahiti. 



1196. Hepatus leucopareius (Jenkins). Hawaii. 



r. ulliis Icucupareius Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., xxii, 1902 (1903), 476, tig. 28, Honolulu. 



1197. Hepatus matoides (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Umelei. Hawaii; Samoa; Fiji; Oualan; 



Bougainville I. ; New Guinea; East Indies. 

 Acanthunis matuides Cuvier iS: Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., x, 204, 183.5, Oualan. Sauvage, Poiss. Madagascar, 



340; same type. Peters, Berl. Mon. 1876, 835, Bougainville I. 

 Acantliurus ajinularia Cuvier & Valenciennes, op. cit., x, 209, 1835, He de France. 

 Acantliurus blochii Cuvier &. Valenciennes, op. cit,, x, 239, 18:!5, He de France, Seychelles. 

 Acanlhurusxanlhoptn-us Cuvier & Valenciennes, op. cit., .\, 215. ls:)5, Seychelles, 

 ^can/ftiiras /amarr/j Cuvier & Valenciennes, op. cit., x, 236, Ls;.!5, He de France. 

 Teuthis gunlhcri Jenkins, Bull, U. S. Fish Comm., xxii, 1902 O903i, 477, pi. 29, Hawaii. 

 This species is characterized by the pale ring at the base of the caudal, the body being plain brown 

 or nearly so, and the vertical fins with a few distinct stripes. Taking the account given by Sauvage 

 as authentic, we are unable to separate the species called xanthopterus, bloclii, and guntheri horn the 

 scantily described matoides. 



